The Vidarbha Cricket Association will be conducting the 29th edition of Bapuna Cup Invitation Tournament from 25th September to 8th October 2025.
The inauguration ceremony will be held on Thursday, 25th September at 09:00 am at VCA Civil Lines, Nagpur.
This year the tournament will be played between U-23 Men's teams in a 'Two-Day' format, with BCCI playing conditions.
The Tournament will be played on league basis. The tournament schedule is attached herewith.
The Tournament will feature the following 5 teams (2 local & 3 other Associations);
i) Bapuna XI
ii) Dinshaw XI
iii) Kerala Cricket Association
iv) Maharashtra Cricket Association
v) Odisha Cricket Association
The following are the two local squads:
DINSHAW XI: Mohd. Faiz (Capt), Abhishek Agrawal, Neel Athaley (WK), Shree Choudhary, Jagjot Sasan, Vedant Dighade (WK), Alok Wadkar, Ashit Singh, Sahil Seikh, Gaurav Farde, Arjun Ingle, Tejas Soni, Sanyog Bhagwat, Pratham Maheshwari, Sanskar Chavate, Aditya Narwade (WK)
BAPUNA XI: Varun Bisht (Capt) Rohit Binkar (WK), Aditya Ahuja, Himanshu Bante, Vishesh Tiwari, Atharva Kidey (WK), Minar Sahare, Devansh Thakkar, Kaustubh Salve, Arya Durugkar, Salman Raza, Prem Ghode, Manan Agrawal, Ananmay Jaiswal, Kunal Kunjwani, Prabal Choukhande.
Hours of play:
o 09.30 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. - First Session
o 12.00 p.m. to 12.40 p.m. -Lunch
o 12.40p.m. to 02.40p.m. -Second Session
o 02.40 p.m. to 03.00 p.m. - Tea
o 03.00 p.m. to 04.30 p.m. -Third session